# Import logs using filebeat for a java app running on kubernetes
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-logs-using-filebeat-for-a-java-app-running-on-kubernetes/270625
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-logs-using-filebeat-for-a-java-app-running-on-kubernetes/270625 "2021-04-19T20:37:48Z")
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### Author:  [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-logs-using-filebeat-for-a-java-app-running-on-kubernetes/270625/1 "2021-04-19T20:37:48Z")
Hello
I am reading the documentation of now to format and read logs on a Java app that is running in kubernetes [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs-logging/java/1.x/setup.html). In this documentation said to enable hint based discovery and add the annotation that are using the logs using ECS loggers. Where exactly I need to add those annotatations since I have added in my Deployments under metadata and did not do anything and then moved them under the templates/metadata and I get the following error when I try to apply the changes: `error: error validating "file.yaml": error validating data: ValidationError(Deployment.spec.template.metadata.labels.annotations): invalid type for io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta.labels: got "map", expected "string"; if you choose to ignore these errors, turn validation off with --validate=false`
The template section look like this:
```auto
...
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: front
tier: frontend
type: webapp
annotations:
co.elastic.logs/json.keys_under_root: true
co.elastic.logs/json.overwrite_keys: true
co.elastic.logs/json.add_error_key: true
co.elastic.logs/json.expand_keys: true
spec:
securityContext:
runAsUser: 100
runAsGroup: 101
fsGroup: 100
containers:
- name: front
image: image:tag
env:
- name: POD_NAME
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
...
```
Thanks for you help in advance.
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### Author:  [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-logs-using-filebeat-for-a-java-app-running-on-kubernetes/270625/2 "2021-04-19T21:11:07Z")
Figured it out. The `annotations` has to be on the same level with `labels` and the `true` in quotes since it has to be string.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-logs-using-filebeat-for-a-java-app-running-on-kubernetes/270625/3 "2021-05-17T23:12:00Z")
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